Songs by Robert Burns

Bob Hay & the Jolly Beggars song book

There's news, lasses, news,

G C
1. There's news, lasses, news,
G Em
Gude news I've to tell!
G C
There's a boatfu' o' lads
G D G
Come to our town to sell!
G Am
Chorus. The wean wants a cradle,
Em Am
And the cradle wants a cod,
G Am
An I'll no gang to my bed
Em Am
Until I get a nod.
2. Father,' quo' she, 'Mither,' quo' she,
Do what you can -
I'll no gang to my bed
Till I get a man
3. I hae as gude a craft rig
As made o' yird and stane;
And waly fa' the ley-crap,
For I maun till'd again.